Server virtualization was supposed to consolidate and simplify IT infrastructure in data centers. But, that only “sort of happened”. Companies do have fewer servers but they never hit the consolidation ratios they expected. Why? In one word, performance.

Surveys show that 61% of companies have experienced slow applications after server virtualization with 77% pointing to I/O problems as the culprit.

Now, companies are looking to take the next step to fulfill their vision of consolidating and reducing the complexity of their infrastructure. But, this will only happen if their applications get the I/O performance they need.

This is where DataCore’s Parallel I/O technology comes in. By processing I/Os in parallel leveraging multi-core, multi-processor systems, Parallel I/O delivers industry leading I/O response times as well as price/performance. The net benefit is that fewer storage nodes can provide much better performance, allowing you to reduce and simplify your infrastructure.

Businesses lose productivity, revenue and resources during unplanned outages. To prevent unexpected downtime, many organizations are searching for solutions that can provide business continuity without breaking their budgets.

What if you were able to achieve both goals while utilizing your existing commodity hardware? How would this benefit your customers and improve productivity?

Join this webinar and we will show you:
- How to keep 2 active copies of your data, even if your disks are from different vendors
- An economical way to deploy existing x86 servers for business continuity
- Ways to keep your hosts and applications running, even if you lose one of your SANs
- How to cluster your preexisting Hypervisors using local disks for high availability

Technological innovation is increasing and expanding at an exponential rate. In response, digital transformation has become an established objective for many enterprises, and the adoption of digital initiatives is now widespread. Docker, Kubernetes and other technologies related to containers are being leveraged to access and deploy systems of engagement. But before you go adding these technologies to your digital transformation road-map, you need to evaluate whether they're the best fit for your needs.

Containers are a solution to the problem of how to get software to run reliably when moved from one computing environment to another. Join us on this webinar to learn how DataCore provides data management and integrity across your infrastructure!

We think differently. We innovate through software and challenge the IT status quo.

We pioneered software-based storage virtualization. Now, we are leading the Software-defined and Parallel Processing revolution. Our Application-adaptive software exploits the full potential of servers and storage to solve data infrastructure challenges and elevate IT to focus on the applications and services that power their business.

Interested in hearing the top trends we’ve observed at Microsoft’ Ignite 2017?

We have you covered. Join us as we recap the top trends and highlights of the news and interesting tidbits from Microsoft Ignite. It’s the next best thing to being there! If you were able to attend the event, this is a good chance to compare notes with us.

Surveys show that 61% of companies have experienced slow applications after server virtualization, with 77% pointing to I/O problems as the culprit. Companies are desperately trying to improve their I/O performance to speed-up applications and increase VM density.

The most common performance measurement is IOPS, but is this the best metric?

IOPS depends on a number of variables, including the type of workload being simulated, read/write percentages, sequent/random percentages and block size. Most importantly, IOPS doesn’t indicate the response time.

In this webinar, we’ll discuss better ways to measure response times as I/O increases. These metrics will help you understand why some storage products can claim high number of IOPS but still perform poorly when they are used for critical applications in production.

We will also show how a software-defined storage appliance (the Lenovo DX8200D Powered by DataCore) can speed up your applications.

Surveys show that 64% of companies have storage arrays from 3 or more vendors. What does it mean to manage storage infrastructure with so many different products?

In a word, CHAOS!

That’s why a majority of people interested in software-defined storage (SDS) want to simplify management of their storage infrastructure.

Join us for this webinar where we will show how the Lenovo DX8200D Powered by DataCore can bring order to your environment. The DX8200D is the fast path to SDS and it:
• Abstracts away the underlying complexity of storage infrastructure
• Consolidates IT infrastructure and simplifies management through automation and self-adaptive technologies.

When you are trying to consolidate, simplify and automate your IT infrastructure, both Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) and Software-defined Storage (SDS) promise to deliver the results you expect. For this reason, analysts predict HCI and SDS to grow rapidly compared to legacy architectures.

But, with all the vendors and products in the HCI and SDS areas, how do you pick the “right” ones to evaluate? Too often, you have to rely on one-sided information from the vendors themselves.

Join us as we evaluate the top products in the HCI and SDS categories using analysis from an unbiased, independent organization called WhatMatrix. In this webinar, we will cover the:
- Criteria to evaluate these products
- Pros and cons of different vendors’ products

Storage and infrastructure are going through a lot of changes. With technologies like Software-defined Storage as well as new infrastructure like Hyper-converged, there is a lot for IT admins to consider.

Join us in this webinar where we’ll cover Software-defined Storage, Flash, Hyper-converged and Cloud Storage. You learn why these technologies and infrastructure models are or aren't being utilized by companies and the areas where they have not lived up to their promises.

In the context of digital transformation, businesses are shifting more and more to hyper converged systems. Gartner is even predicting that hyper converged solutions will become mainstream in the next five years. You are probably wondering why hyper convergence is so popular with tech leadership today? What makes hyper convergence such a big thing?

Join this webinar to hear Sushant Rao answer all your questions.
Among topics discussed will be:
- Industry trends in the field;
- How to ascertain if hyper-convergence is right for you;
- What pitfalls to avoid when choosing a solution;
- Example of a hyper-converge install.

When you are hit by a ransomware attack, such as the recent WannaCrypt worm, you don’t have many options. You can pay the ransom, in the hopes that your data will be unencrypted. Or, you can wipe your systems clean, and then recover the data. But, backups are typically done on a daily basis. Depending on when the attack hit, the amount of data that you will lose could be in the hours. Fortunately, there is a better option.

Continuous Data Protection (CDP) captures every write operation from an application and store it in a second location. This means that you can go back to the last data that was written before the ransomware attacked occurred. This ensure that data loss, if any, is minimal. Join this webinar to learn more about CDP and why it’s your safety net when ransomware hits.

How does an organization that is looking to improve their MS SQL Server performance end up with hyperconverged infrastructure? Well, why would they? Hyperconverged is typically used for VDI and lightly loaded remote sites. But a mission-critical application like SQL Server? On Hyperconverged? Who would take that risk?
In this webinar, hear from Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon (ECSO) that found that not only were they able to improve their SQL Server performance (by 20x!) with hyperconverged, they were also able to improve their availability and reduce costs to boot.

Many of us responsible for large scale OLTP systems confront two clashing phenomena:
•Data comes at us at increasingly higher rates (from an expanding number of sources)
•The time required to process and analyze those inputs is rapidly shrinking.

Blame it on the Internet of Things (IoT)!

Instinctively, we respond with two approaches. First, we search for hardware and software that speed up the process.
Then, we try breaking up the problem into smaller parallel efforts.

In this webinar you will learn to:
•Look for choke points that get in the way of executing concurrent transactions
(Hint: they hide where you don’t suspect)
•Recognize the consequences those choke points have on competing workloads
•Apply DataCore™ Parallel I/O technology to solve these barriers

Lenovo and DataCore have collaborated to create a Software-defined Storage (SDS) appliance. This validated, turnkey appliance provides easy scalability and single pane management at a fraction of the cost of legacy systems—without trade-offs in availability, reliability or functionality.

Join this webinar to learn more about the Lenovo Storage DX8200D Powered by DataCore.

Application performance, availability and security are key issues IT departments in law firms struggle with today. It is imperative that you keep your firm's critical applications running fast and always available for your attorneys. Is there a cost effective and manageable solution?

Join our webinar on January 26th to hear how law firms like yours are they are taking advantage of existing storage infrastructure to:

Hear real case studies on how law firms like yours are deploying Lenovo Converged Server SAN appliances powered by DataCore to reduce cost and increase productivity. As the world leader in price/performance, Lenovo and DataCore together allow you to run more workloads, with better applications performance and availability.

Server virtualization was supposed to consolidate and simplify IT infrastructure in data centers. But, that only “sort of happened”. Companies do have fewer servers but they never hit the consolidation ratios they expected. Why? In one word, performance.

Surveys show that 61% of companies have experienced slow applications after server virtualization with 77% pointing to I/O problems as the culprit.

Now, with hyperconverged, companies have another opportunity to fulfill their vision of consolidating and reduce the complexity of their infrastructure. But, this will only happen if their applications get the I/O performance they need.

Join us for this webinar where we will show you how to get industry leading I/O response times and the best price/performance so you can reduce and simplify your infrastructure.

Organizations around the world are experiencing the benefits of increased performance, continuous business operations and lower costs through server consolidation and virtualization. Many of them are now evaluating Hyper-converged systems and Software-Defined Storage to develop their next-generation storage architectures. Join this channel to hear industry and technical experts discuss the value of Hyper-converged and Software-Defined Storage and how you can take advantage of these technologies.